S/PV.7629 Post-Conflict Peacebuilding 23/02/2016

United Nations S/ PV.7629 Security Council Provisional Seventy-first year 7629th meeting Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 10 a.m. New York President: Mr. Ramírez Carreño ............................. (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) Members: Angola. Mr. Gaspar Martins China ........................................ Mr. Liu Jieyi Egypt ......................................... Mr. Aboulatta France ........................................ Mr. Lamek Japan ......................................... Mr. Yoshikawa Malaysia ...................................... Mr. Ibrahim New Zealand ................................... Mr. Van Bohemen Russian Federation ............................... Mr. Iliichev Senegal ....................................... Mr. Seck Spain ......................................... Mr. Gasso Matoses Ukraine ....................................... Mr. Yelchen ko United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .. Mr. Rycroft United States of America .......................... Mr. Pressman Uruguay ...................................... Mr. Rosselli Agenda Post-conflict peacebuilding Post-conflict peacebuilding: review of the peacebuilding architecture Letter dated 1 February 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2016/104) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the translation of speeches delivered in other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-0506 ([email protected]). Corrected records will be reissued electronically on the Official Document System of the United Nations (http://documents.un.org). 16-04784 (E) *1604784* S/PV.7629 Post-conflict peacebuilding 23/02/2016 The meeting was called to order at 10.10 a.m. the United Nations to participate in this meeting, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and Adoption of the agenda previous practice in that regard. The agenda was adopted. It is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its Post-conflict peacebuilding consideration of the item on its agenda. Post-conflict peacebuilding: review of the I wish to draw the attention of Council members peacebuilding architecture to document S/2016/104, which contains the text of Letter dated 1 February 2016 from the a letter dated 1 February 2016 from the Permanent Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary- addressed to the Secretary-General General, transmitting a concept note on the item (S/2016/104) under consideration. The President (spoke in Spanish): In accordance I now give the floor to Mr. Kamau. with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of Mr. Kamau: First, allow me to congratulate you, procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Sir, for your assumption of the presidency of the Security Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Council for February 2016, as well as to commend you Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, on the manner in which you have conducted the affairs of Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, the Council. I thank you for organizing this timely open Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, debate of the Security Council on peacebuilding and for Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, circulating an informative concept note (S/2016/104, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, the annex) to guide us. I also thank you for the initiative Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, of inviting me to address the Security Council in my Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. Turkey to participate in this meeting. We at the Peacebuilding Commission welcome In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s very much not only the opportunity to be here but also provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following to the concept note that you, Sir, circulated for our debate participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. Macharia today. The note clearly spells out some of the crucial Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya and Chair challenges that peacebuilding is facing and why we of the Peacebuilding Commission; His Excellency must redouble our efforts at better peacebuilding within Mr. Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden the collective United Nations family. We agree with and former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; your note that the Security Council and the General and His Excellency Mr. Gert Rosenthal, Chair of the Assembly have acknowledged, for some time now, that Advisory Group of Experts on the review of the United the Peacebuilding Commission can contribute to the Nations Peacebuilding Architecture. prevention of the outbreak, escalation, continuation In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s and recurrence of conflict, as acknowledged by the provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following landmark resolution 2171 (2014) on conflict prevention, to participate in this meeting: Mrs. Louise Sharene adopted in 2014. The Peacebuilding Commission and Bailey, Adviser at the Permanent Observer Mission its configurations continue to work in that vein, and we of the African Union to the United Nations; His remain thankful for the support and acknowledgement Excellency Mr. Gonzalo Koncke, Permanent Observer we receive from the Council in that regard. of the Organization of American States to the United This debate comes at a crucial moment. As you, Nations; and Mr. Carl Hallergard, Chargé d’affaires ad Mr. President, point out in your concept note, the reviews interim of the Delegation of the European Union to the of the peacebuilding architecture under consideration United Nations. in the Security Council and in the General Assembly I propose that the Council invite the Permanent call upon Member States to see peacebuilding in Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to a broader perspective and to face it with greater 2/71 16-04784 23/02/2016 Post-conflict peacebuilding S/PV.7629 determination. The review of the peacebuilding question of whether there could be a reduced need for architecture is currently in its final stages, and the emergency conflict responses if peacebuilding and United Nations is being called to re-examine its prevention efforts were prioritized. The United Nations entire approach to peacebuilding in the context of the experience shows the critical role that peacebuilding 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General efforts and the Peacebuilding Commission can Assembly resolution 70/1), which we all adopted in play in the mobilization of long-term and sustained 2015, while remaining true to the principles enshrined international support to critical national capacity needs. in the Charter of the United Nations. I shall highlight The role of the Peacebuilding Fund in providing some of salient elements of the report (see S/2015/490) financing to countries at their request has evidently of the Advisory Group of Experts on the 2015 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture that I been important, but remains, by far, limited in its believe deserve the particular attention of the Council impact. Clearly, the Fund needs to be enhanced. and of the wider membership. Currently, multi-donor pooled funds for peacebuilding seem to be the single most attractive option for First, the report of the Advisory Group of Experts, peacebuilding. However, we would like to call upon all entitled “Challenge of sustaining peace”, reiterates Member States, including non-traditional donors and the need for a comprehensive approach to conflict other partners, to consider making or increasing their prevention and sustainable peace. In my understanding, multi-year commitments to pooled funds in support of the report does not introduce a new concept but merely sustainable peace. restates what we all know needs to be done to achieve lasting peace — the main purpose for which the United Furthermore, all financing-related proposals in the Nations was created. Its key message is a lesson we have report of the Advisory Group, including those aimed all learned over the years, namely, that investments in at appropriately resourcing peacebuilding programmes the prevention of the outbreak, escalation, continuation during transitions, need to be comprehensively and recurrence of conflict are considerably less considered by Member States during the current expensive and more sustainable than merely reacting review. We need to address the predictability and to crises. sustainability of financing. We must consider all the viable options available to maximize the potential and Secondly, the current review comes at a time the predictability of the Peacebuilding Fund. when there have been increasing calls pressing for the need to address the fragmentation in the United The importance of enhanced partnerships with Nations system’s efforts and a growing unanimity on regional and subregional organizations, as well as the importance of building coherence in our collective with international financial institutions, in building efforts across the peace

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